On Monday, July 21, SpaceX’s launch director called “Hold, hold, hold!” just about 11 seconds before liftoff was set to occur that ended the launch attempt of the O3b mPOWER […]
Launch Abort
ULA scrubs Amazon’s Kuiper 1 mission a No Go due to nasty weather conditions
“The stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window,” according to ULA Launch Director Eric Richards. The Amazon Kuiper 1 mission was a NO […]
SpaceX holds steady for Thursday launch of Starship Flight 8 test launch
The eighth flight test of Starship is preparing to launch Thursday, March 6. The launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will […]
SpaceX at 40 seconds scrubs Starship Flight 8 launch
SpaceX scrubbed its Starship Flight 8 launch attempt on Monday afternoon. The cause for the scrub was not entirely shared, but it seemed to have shown up in the late […]
SpaceX ready to launch after yesterday’s abort record 27 smallsats in Starlink Group 11-8 on Tuesday
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, January 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base […]
SpaceX’s Starlink Group 11-8 smallsat launch aborted 11 seconds before launch
After a SpaceX starlink abort as the countdown reached 11 seconds. The abort was called after a plane flew into SpaceX’s no fly zone. SpaceX is now targeting Monday, January […]
SpaceX launches Astranis: From One to Many Mission after a last second abort days earlier
On Sunday, December 29 at 12:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched four “MicroGEO” satellites for the company Astranis’ mission, Astranis: From One to Many to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from […]
SpaceX finally launches Starlink Group 9-10 of 20 smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell — now four launches from DTC goal
On Friday, November 8 at 10:14 p.m. PT, after a two-day delay, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space […]
SpaceX’s Wednesday Starlink Group 9-10 smallsats launch from Vandenberg including 13 Direct to Cell is ‘No Go’ again
SpaceX will launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low Earth orbit internet satellite constellation. The launch includes a mix of 13 Direct to […]
SpaceX preps for Saturday’s Crew-9 mission of two astronauts to conduct experiments and demonstrations on ISS
SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, September 28 due to Tropical Storm Helene, for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s ninth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-9) to the […]